Wolfgang Schutzbar
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
About Wolfgang Schutzbar
Lived 1483 – 1566 (aged 82–83). Wolfgang Schutzbar was a religious person.
Wolfgang Schutzbar ( 11 February 1566) was the 39th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, serving from 1543 to 1566.
Biography Schutzbar was born in the central Hessian town of around 1483. He hailed from the Schutzbar genannt Milchling family of old Hessian nobility. He joined the Teutonic Order in 1507 and was from 1529 to 1543 Komtur of the Bally of Hesse at Marburg.
In 1543, he became Hochmeister and Deutschmeister, a combined office located at Mergentheim. There, he built the first town hall in 1564, and the first water supply.
A monument dedicated to him is found at the local Market Square.
His coat of arms shows three hearts meeting in the center of the shield.
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Who was Wolfgang Schutzbar?
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
When was Wolfgang Schutzbar born?
Wolfgang Schutzbar was born in 1483 in Treis an der Lumda.
When did Wolfgang Schutzbar die?
Wolfgang Schutzbar died on 11 February 1566 in Bad Mergentheim.
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Wolfgang Schutzbar was a religious person.
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